Rustication revoked, students request Visva Bharati University to allow them to rejoin classes
The Calcutta HC said that the university’s decision to rusticate them for three years was “harsh and excessive”. The court directed that the university’s expulsion order be kept in abeyance and allowed the students to rejoin classes.
Three of the expelled students of Visva Bharati University have asked the varsity to give permission to attend classes at the earliest as directed by the Calcutta High Court in an interim order. The mails were sent by the three students - Somnath Sow, Falguni Pan and Rupa Chakraborty. The move comes after the University did not issue any official release on rejoining the classes following the interim order of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday revoking the rustication order of the three students.
The Calcutta HC said that the university’s decision to rusticate them for three years was “harsh and excessive”. The court directed that the university’s expulsion order be kept in abeyance and allowed the students to rejoin classes.
“We are yet to get any notification from the university allowing us to rejoin the classes. We want to attend the classes as soon as possible. We have mailed to the authorities in this regard. The university has to abide by the High Court’s order,” Somnath Sow told IE, adding that their non-violent protest against Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty would continue.
The University on August 23, expelled the three students for allegedly "disrupting the academic atmosphere in the University and for being involved in the disorderly conduct in the name of protest earlier this year.
Their rustication sparked widespread protests on the campus that also saw a section of the faculty members join in. The protests began on August 27, with some of the demonstrators starting a sit-in outside the V-C’s residence. They demanded the revocation of the expulsion order and the removal of Bidyut Chakraborty.
Amid the protest, the University also postponed the Admission process.
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